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THE OMATTA DAILY BEE: TirUKSPAY, FEIUUTATtV R. 1003. i x IPHOIDS IRRIGATION LAW'!":;,, not be treated aa water of navigable srs to which riparian rtgba of an ad- . 1 Joining land owner wotiM not attarh 1 iKilntt the rlcbt of the public to use the Eopreme Court Eat f as Former De tioi in i trrs thereof by it appropriation nd ap. th Cn wf iri Ca. plication to bencflrl! purpose. " "While as an abstract proportion of la a rlpsrlan proprietor has the right to th STATE IRRIGATION BOARD A LEGAL BODY ordinary flow of the stream, thla rul would . I furnish no basis for compensation where s I water la appropriated for Irrigation pur- Mo.lfle. R.ii.b lb, Bro.l n",poes; In order to entitle a riparian owner trine of ftlparlaa Rlathts Walla I to compensation he must suffer an actual Ipbolfflaar the t;eaernl Prlw rlale lavalved. (From a Btaff Correspondent. I reive water aa agalnat upper owner. Re relvlng the full flow of a stream for more than ten years does not glre prescriptive right that will prevent reasonable tiae of Ita waters by an upper owner." Friday, or the 13th of day of the month, has no terrors for the present adjutant general. In addition to the order Issued today, which follows, he haa called meet ing of the military board for the same day. Friday, February 1J, and an election will be held the same day to rbose a successor to Major Bolshaw, whose election aa lieu tenant colonel, haa been approved. The loss or Injury to his riparian estate Fhlcn the law recognizes as belonging to blm by I canvassing board Is composed of Captain reason of his right to the use and enjoy. UrrT Hu rorapny A. First regiment; ment of the water of which he la deprived, j Lieutenant Rawlina. Company K of Colura Ordinarlly a riparian proprietors right bu ,nd Admt.nt r.ni-.i rnih An eiec. LINCOLN. Feb. 4 (Special.) The supreme I . .CI . T 01 trcm mlt'a tlon of commissioned officers baa been court today decided the case of th- Crawford l ' ".!'"' "omft,; purposes, and f ap- , calle(1 for tbe Mlar(J rlfl , occur I nil M In IKn Irptvatlnii a rln.pl. n l,n.l, I ompany against Hathaway, from Dawes ' " ' ' 1 ttielr next regular meeting. Adjutant Gen- County, which for ao long has been In the hands of the court. The decision Is In favor of the Crawford company. ' Judge Ilolcomb wrote the opinion. It upholds the constitutionality Of the State Ponrd of Irri gation and upholds the doctrine of riparian rights to a limited extent, thus giving both these bodies contending for state con trol of water and riparian rights some en couragement. The former opinion of the court Is reversed and the case Is remanded for trial. Similar questions were decided In the rssrs of Jen. C. Mens; against Charles F. Coffey et St.. and the Cattle Rock Irriga tion Canal and Water company against Fhlllp Jurlsrh. Judge Pound wrote the opinion In the first named and Judge Sedg wick the opinion In the latter. ( oart Mates Case. In discussing the caae the court says: "Briefly, the appellant, who was plaintiff below, began an action equitable In char acter to have adjudicated the rights of different persona made partlea to the ac tion to the use of the water flowing In a stream called White river, and to enjoin tha defendAnt, Hall, from a threatened In terference with plaintiff's headwater and works connected with an Irrigating canal now being constructed by It. The plaintiff claimed the right to divert the watera of the stream mentioned for Irrigation pur poses and to aupply the town of Crawford, situated .near Ita proposed canal, with water for municipal purposes. Defendant Hall, owning and operating a mill, adjacert to the stream, which had been utilized for power purposes, denies plaintiff's alleged right of appropriation and claims a right to the continued use of tho water ordinarily flowing in the stream as a riparian propri etor. Numerous other defendanta claim ing some right to the use of the water as riparlar. owners or by appropriation, were also made defendants with a view of hav ing adjudicated the rights of all the partlea to the litigation. The trial court refused to take Jurisdiction and try the case on Ita merits for the reason that the water rights of the respective parties had not first been determined by the State Board of Irrigation under the provisions of the irrigation act of 1895. On defendant Hall's application on a cross petition an Injunc tion was granted against plaintiff restrain ing It from diverting the water of the stream Into Its Irrigation canal and the temporary Injunction granted In Ita favor and against Hall was dissolved. From these several orders the plaintiff appeals. "The argumenta In thla court have taken an exceedingly broad range. Narrowed to its simplest terms, the matters In dispute relate to conflicting rigbta and Interests as b"tween riparian owners, and those claim ing as approprlators of the watera In the streams of the state for irrigation .and other beneficial purposes. Incidental to the main, queatlon thus stated there is involved th constitutionality of the Irri gation act of 1895. creating and providing for a atate board of irrigation, defining Ita duties, powers and authority and espe cially the portion of the act which em power such board to determine and adjuut I the amount and priority of right to ttte uae of water by appropriation tor Irrigation purposes. gyllabaa of Case. "The doctrine of "the civil lsw with re spect to the right of acquiring an interest in the use of water by prior appropriation and the application therof to a beneficial uae has never become a part of th laws a reasonable ue nr such purpose In view of an equal light to use belonging to all other riparian proprietors. The right of a riparian proprietor aa such to use water for Irritation purposes Is limited to rip arian Ind3. "The right cannot be extended to lands contiguous to the riparian landi nor can water be diverted to non-riparian lands which might be used on riparian lands but Is not. Dedaea Itlparlaa I.aaas. "Land to be riparian must have the stream flowing over It cr along Ita borders- "The extent of riparian land cannot in any event exceed the area acquired by a single entry or purchase from the govern ment, and whether in view of th policy of the government In the disposition of Its public lands sucl riparian lands may exceed the smallest legsl supposition of a section that. Is. forty acres, or In lieu thereof If an Irregular tract, a designated numbered lot, which la bordered by a nat ural stream or over which It" flows, qusere. "The true doctrines of water light, one the right of a riparian proprietor and the other the right of appropriation and appli cation to a beneficial use by a non-reparlan owner may exist In the state at the same time, and both do exist concurrently in this state. "The common law rule of riparian rights Is underlying and fundamental and takes precedence of appropriation of water If prior In time. The riparian owner acquires title to his usufructuary Interest In the water when he secures the lsnd to which It Is an Incident, and approprlator ac quires title by appropriation and the ap plication of the water to aome beneficial use. The time when either right at tache determines the superiority of title as between conflicting claimants. "The Irrigation acts of 1SS9 and 1S85 aborogated the law of private riparian rights as theretofore existed and substi tuted In Its stead a law providing for the appropriation of the public waters of the state and their application to the benen cial uses therein contemplated. nUtnrba No Vested night. eral Colby issued this order today: Fursuaat to section i'4. chapter Ivl of the Compiled ftatutes of Nebraska, a board of txamlratlnn will convene In the adj-itan: general s onVe. IJnrMn, Neb., at 1 o clock a. m. on Friday. February 13. I!!, tor the purpose of examining such officers as may be ordered before It as to their quan titations ft.r commlwslcns aa officers of me Nebraska National Ouard. The following officers are detailed for such board: Hrlreriler Uenersl P. H. liarry. First brlgaoe; Colonel H. I,. Archer, First Infantry regiment; Ueutenant Col onel V. CIhtIs 'laibot. First Infantry reg iment: Major Charles A. Vlckers. First In fantry regiment: Major K. F.mmctt Olf Icr., brigade surgeon: Captain John liartican. Company D. Second Infantry regiment; Captain ttrd J. .Mark. Company M Second Infantry regiment. The examination ordered In the forego ing paragraph will be made In accordance with general otd-r No. 7. A. 11. I)., series of 19., wlh such modifications as may be proscribed to the Hoard of Examination by ihe adjutant general. The following officers of the Nebraska National Uuard will report in undress uni form, with aide arms, for examination to the president of the board, convened by paragraph 1 of this order towlt: Colonel John V. McDonnell, Second Infantry; Ueu tenant Colonel Fred J. Bolshaw, Second Infantry; Major Ell Hodglns. Second In fantry; Captain Samuel E. Yoder. Battery A; Captain Jesse C Penrod. Company C, First Infantry; Captain iteorge A. Eberly, Stanton Rifles; Captain James C. Elliott, West Point RIHes; Captain William H. Brooks. Engineering and Signal corps; Captain Albert I Ooodon, Company B, First Infantry; Captain Walter F. Bam irons. Company A. Second Infantry; Cap tain John T. Crosier, Company l") First Iniantry; Captain Oliver U. Osborne. Com pany O. 8econd Infantry; Captain George W. Sues. Millard Rifles; Captain Otis M. Newman, Company H. Second Infantry; Captain Ernest H. Tracy, Company I Second infantry; Captain Charles Sarha. Jr., Company fj. First Infantry; Captain Bruce Mcculloch. South Omaha cavalry; Captain Clifford W. V allien, surgeon. Sec ond Infantry: First Lieutenant Nelson N. Barber. Company B. First Infantry; First Lieutenant Kalph I. Snbln, Company C. First Infantry; First Lieutenant Daniel Templeton. Company I, First Infantry-: First Ueutenant iver S. Johnson, Stanton Rifles: First Ueutenant Arthur 6. Sexton. West Point Rides: First Lieutenant Wil liam E. Baehr. Company L. First Infantry; First Ueutenant Clayton J Norton, Com pany B, Fecond Infantry; First Ueutenant J. Rex Henry. Engineering and Signal corps; first Lieutenant Y 1 1 lard K. Bailey. Company I). Second Infantry: First Ueu tAmnt 1 a m a A 1 1 n I'nmnnnv CI flocnnil ..rv,. . ., . t Infantry; urst Ueutenant Raymond j. The legislative enactments referred to ; Pool tommy D- tret infantry: First did not have the effect of abolishing vested Ueutenant Clinton W. T. Garrison. Battery right of riparian proprietors, but affected! A: First IJeuler.ant Frank H. Brown, as- only such rights ss might have been ac quired in the future under the law a there tofore existing. "The court will take judicial notice of the fact that since the early settlement of the western portion of the state, where Irrigation has been found essential to suc cessful agriculture, that a custom or prac. tlce has existed' of appropriating and di verting waters from the natural channels thereof Into Irrigation canals and the ap Ueutenant James B. Huncate. assistant rurgeor. First infantry; First Ueutenant Frank S. Nicholson, assistant surgeon. Battery A: First Lieutenant Hirry E. Tagg, South Omaha cavalry: First Ueu tenant Robert A. tlanp, adjutant. Second Infantry; First Ueutenant Karl M. Shank land. Company H. Second Infantry; First Ueutenant Justin H. Sarbach. quarter master. Second Infantry; First Ueutenent Roy H. Walker, Millard Rifles: 8eeond Lieutenant Lewis G. Kremer. Company B, First Infantry; Second Ueutenant Amos Thomas. Troon A. cavalry; Second Ueu tenant Fred J. Fayerherm. Stanton Rifles; TELEPHONE WAR IS NOW ON fremont AntLorities Cat Wirei and Chop Down Poles of Beli Oompsnj. LINEMAN ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK THE GAME lla to Ike Gross! Wars Ite DIs. raver OHtrer I Really C'hoaalac the Pol Dawa asapaay Doe wot Show Haa. FREMONT. Neb.. Feb. 4 (Special.) There have been no new developments In the telephone wsr her today. Yesterday afternoon on account of the storm the Bell people did not do much. This tnorn'ng Local Manager Cummlngs sent out several gangs of men in different parts of the city to work on the lines. Street Commissioner Mackey, an expert lineman In the employ of the city, and the police went with them. At the corner of Main and Eighth streets eight new wires were put in. The city's lineman climbed the pole and cut them with a pair of nippers. Wherever the street commissioner found that any new work had been done since Saturday night he tore out the wlrea, and by noon he had disabled a lot of new work. The Bell men went out as usual thla afternoon scattering around through the city, and as fast aa possible the wires were cut by the commissioner or under his direction. Yesterday Mr. Mackey found two new poles which had Juat been set. A man was still working on top of ope of them. He was ordered to come down, but in formed the commissioner that he would do so when he was ready, and not before. Mackey then started to aaw the pole down, and the man bent It over ao that the saw pinched. He had an axe with him. how ever, and chopped on the other aide until the lineman became alarmed, and slid to the ground as fast aa he knew howwTh other pole waa sawed off. There ha been no hard feeling between tho Bell linemen and the city authorities. It .was rumored thla morning that th trouble would be brought to head by tha arrest of the Bell linemen for the violation of a city ordinance which prohibits any person, compsny or corporation from set ting any poles or stringing any wires within the limits of the city without first procuring the consent of the mayor and council under a penalty of a fine not less than $10 or more than $00. but no warrants have been Issued and It Is evidently the plan of the city to compel the Bell com pany to take the first move to put stop Co the present state of affairs. Local Manager Cummlngs saya that he has instructions to go ahead with his work as usual, doing repairing and putting in new phones the same as before, and Street Commissioner Markey Is also acting under Instructions to tear out every piece of new work put In. A careful examination of the records of the city conncil fails to show where any right or franchise was granted the Bell people. The city is In the fight to a finish and stoutly denies that the Bell company Is subject to no restrictions or regulations whatever. EVENING IPOT E.VE.RY WEEK From Now to July 1, 1903 'X Only so cents e-i Old Gipsilhistfririi nitration of such waters to the soil for ag ricultural purposes, whether vested rights ! Second Ueutenant Ralph H. Dj.ch. Com v . ... ' . . j, A pany I, First Infantry; Second Ueutenant Iadeueadeat Telephone Meetlaa;. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Feb. 4. (Spe cial Telegram.) The members and man agers of the Independent telephone com panies of southeastern Nebraska held a meeting: in this city this afternoon. George F. Breedf uehrer. Company K, First intaftitry; pecona Lieutenant r rea nine Rlt-kards. Engineering and Signal corps; Second Lieutenant Harry W. Msjors. Com pany L, First Infantry; Second Ueutenant Lawrence E, Jonea, Company First in fantry; Second Lieutenant M. on Fosfr, Companv B. Second InMntry; Second Ueu tenant Edmund H. Mullowney. Company jf. Second Iniantry; Second Lieutenant Clare I. Ptebler. Company H. First Infantry; Second Ueutenant Oliver A. Fatrchlld. Company A. Second Infantry; 8econd Lieu- granted to those appropriating water on I tenant Wiiilam Dising, Company G See the public domain for agricultural pur- "d Infantry; Second HE;,.M' , . . . . . . . Raumann. W est Point Rifles; Second Ueu- poses a right in and to the use of Juch tenant Edward L. Fodge. Company D. water when made according to local cue- First infantry: Second Ueutenant Charlea torn or when such right fs recognized by Jv- T,a'I0,r' tromp.an.Y J?; "r.HHZ1 . , . . ..... . Second Ueutenant Jamea H. Duncansoji. the laws of this state or the decisions of , goutn Omaha cavalry; Second Lieutenant the courts. : Anton Honrtksen. Company H. Second In- "The act of 1877. aesslon laws of 1877. ! 'nir.TJ etn1 JirJii'TaL1?: or mis state; ana mis wnuoui riBnru iu page ioa, was an impnca recognition or , tenant Albert Herman Barker, company fc, have been acquired thereby must depend cn the facts, and circumstances as dis closed In any particular case. "The right to the use of water when acquired by appropriation Is In Its nature a property right and becomes a superior and better title to the use and enjoyment of such water than that of a riparian pro prietor whose right attaches aubsequently. "The act of congress of July 26, 186$. whether the doctrine wss ever In exist ence as part of the law In force In the territory acquired by the United States know a the Louisiana purchaae. "Th common rule with respect to the rights of private riparian proprietors has been a part of the laws of the state ever since the organization of state govern ment. "It cannot be said that the common law nils defining the right of riparian propri etor Is Inapplicable to th condition pre vailing In the atate because Irrigation Is found essential to successful agriculture in com portions thereof. the rights to appropriate the waters on i Second Infantry; Second Ueutenant Ed the public domain according to the custom j UrfrrSoEK of ex- prevailing in tho arid states immediately ; aminatlon and the officers to be examined west of us, and the Irrigation acts of 1889 will be furnlahed transportation from their and '1885 expressly recognised and pre served the rights of those who had appro priated the public watera and applied them to agricultural usee. t pholda Irrlaratloa Board., "The duty of the atate board of Irriga tion as provided for In the Irrigation act (.' 189., chapter lxlv. session laws, are ad ministrative and judicial; the aectlons of the statutes creating such board Is not un- "A riparian's right to the use of the flow ! constitutional aa conferring Judicial pow- of the atream passing through or by his j ers on executive officers. land U a right inseparably annexed to the "W'uere a large number of persons claim soli, not as an easement or appurtance, rights to use or divert the waters of a home stations to Uncoln and return. By command or tne governor, I,. W. COLBT. Adjutant Oeneral. but aa a part and parcel of the land; auch right being a property right and entitled to protection as such, the same as private property right generally. "The legislature haa not abolished, nor doea It possess the jnwer to abolish, the rlghta of riparian proprietor which have become vested, except as sucbxrlghts be taken or Impaired for public use In an ex ercise of the power of eminent domain, for which compensation must be made for the Injury lustalned. , "T"ie provisions of section 41. article li, chapter xcltl a, complied atatutes, 1891. and of section 11, article i rf th constitution, authorize the condemnation of the right of a private riparian proprietor to the uae and employment of a natural atream flowing ' past hi land or ita Impairment by an ap propriation of such water for Irrigation pur poses, and such riparian proprietor may re. cover damages in the ssme wsy and sub ject to th same rules as a person whose . property Is affected injuriously by the con struction and operation of a railroad. Can Recover Dsnazei, "The Irrigation act of 189 authorizes I nd regulate the appropriation of the waters of this stal for Irrigation and other purposes which ar declared to be pub lic use, and In making appropriation for water aa contemplated by the act, ripar ian owner whose property right are ap propriated or Unpaired Is entitled to com- . i , . . i , i , . 1 1 Iuhi iuu iur mi mjuriea aviuaiiy sua stream by ,vlrtue of riparian rlghta, ap propriation, prescription or otherwise, a ault In equity to' determine to such righta and enjoin Infringement, under color thereof, of rights acquired thereof under the Irri gation act, may be maintained to avoid multiplicity of auits. "The plaintiff In such a suit may offer to do equity by compensating riparian owner whose rlghta are affected by the construction- and operation of a canal with out having them to their actions at law; and In that way ..the amounts due the sev eral parlies by wsy of damage may be come a proper subject of Inquiry and ad judication therein. "The term 'domestic purposes,' as used In section 43. article II, chapter xclila. Com plied Statutea 1901. has reference to the use of water for domestic purposes per mitted lo the riparian proprietor at com mon law, which ordinarily involves but little Interference with the water of a atream or its flow, and does not contem plate diversion of large quantities of water In canals or pipe lines. a "The common law does not give to a riparian owner an absolute and exclusive right to the flow of all the ater of the stream In its natural state, but only a right to the benefit and advantage of the water .'wing past bia land, ao far aa con -aiatcnt lib a Ilk right In all other ripa rian ownv.a. A rlpaiian owner having superior tl- talned. to b recovered In suitable actinn ! tie to the uae of the water of atream a or a proceeding Instituted tor that purpose. "As to thos streams of water flowing through the state which may be claceed ac Interstate livers, and along the banks f which meander linea have been run by the government In i survey of the public land, the question Is left open ss t whether or not the water of such streams again :n aiproprlator ia not entitled to maintain an Injunction to prevent the di version of thj storm or flood waters of the strcn and thereby prevent Ita occupation to a beneficial use as contemplated by the statute. "There la no such thing aa a prescrip tive right of a lower riparian owner to re- DEMAND DEFEAT OF THE LOBBY Deajocratle Editor Go oa Record la Opposltloa to Railroad Interference. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) At their session laat night the demo cratic editors discussed the revenue law revision situation thoroughly, and finally f artnnfefl unanimous! v the followln resolu tions, which were drawn by a committee of which C. J. Bowiby of the Crete Democrat was chairman: "We denounce the attempt of the rail road lobby to deceive the publfc with re spect to house roll 171. now pending before the Nebraska legislature, the same being a bill designed to require railroad companies to bear their just proportion of taxation In cities of the metropolitan clasa. "The attempt on the part of the railroad lobby to make it appear through editorials, admittedly written by the lobby and paid for by the railroads, that thla measure, if enacted into law, would affect taxea to be paid by railroads for atate, county and school purposes is Indefensible and deserves prompt and vigorous rebuke at the hands of all who believe that the truth should be known with respect to every public meas ure snd who object to the escape of taxa tion by the railroads for state, county, city or school purposes. "We believe it to be the duty of every democratic member of the legislature to vote for house roll 171 and register his pro test in an effective way agalnat the attempt of the railroad to deceive the people, and through auch deception, escape their pro portion of taxation. "The democratic party was organised for the purpose of winning for every cltlien 'equality before th law.' Recognising the gross inequality In the levying of taxe In thl atate, we urge the democratic mem ber of the state legislature to labor for the enactment of a revenue, law which will lay the burden ot taxation equally upon all claases of property." f Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. TH FAMILY'S FAVORITC KWCIHK JL VSvW CANDY CATHARTIC r"' JOc. 15. UK BEST. FOR THE BOWELS By the author of Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son. A new series of papers in which Old Man Graham preaches the gospel of good business and tells some of his characteristic stories. 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